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Manuel V Pangilinan opens the MVP group’s emergency quarantine facility in Antipolo, Rizal, to help care for employees with asymptomatic to mild cases of COVID-19.

PLDT and Smart have activated quick response teams to ensure customers remain connected all throughout as Typhoon Bising batters the eastern border of Bicol and Visayas with heavy rain.

PLDT, PLDT-Smart Foundation, and Tulong Kapatid, the corporate social responsibility consortium of foundations and companies led by Manuel V Pangilinan, have stepped up efforts to support frontline healthcare workers and affected communities during the second round of enhanced community quarantine at the National Capital Region.

With community quarantine restrictions still in place, local upland communities face travel and trade challenges that affect their access to goods and services.  Localized lockdowns also impact pre-existing gender inequalities, causing digital exclusion of females in remote communities.

PLDT group ups the ante on women empowerment in the new normal. At the recently concluded Go Negosyo Mentor Me Online Women’s special, PLDT-Smart Foundation (PSF) President Esther Santos joined the panel discussion on entrepreneurship where she recognized the creative, resilient and innovative mindset of Filipino women entrepreneurs.

Manuel V Pangilinan leads the MVP Group of Companies in delivering message of hope for Filipinos here and overseas, amid the challenges of the pandemic.

Championing women empowerment, PLDT and the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) support the women communities in Payatas through various livelihood programs and donations.

Global citizens of the 21st century are people who know how to adapt to the changing times, according to Roxas City Assistant Schools Division Superintendent Feliciano C. Buenafe. He quoted futurist and notable author Alvin Toffler who said, “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who can’t read and write but those who cannot learn, relearn, and unlearn.”

The largest integrated telecommunications company PLDT continues to bolster its support for the government’s initiatives to contain and manage the spread of COVID-19 as it recently announced its expanded support to increase free SMS broadcast services for the Philippine Red Cross’ contact tracing mobile app, RC143, and extending free data usage for downloading and using the app for Smart subscribers.

PLDT group reinforces connectivity and learning tools for teachers and students in Tarlac, most of them from the Aeta community. The initiative is alongside the group’s mission to provide quality education for the Filipino youth, in collaboration with the PLDT-Smart Foundation (PSF), PLDT’s wireless arm Smart Communications and Huawei Philippines.